This is the kind of film that this writer would have gladly waited in line, even killed for 20 years ago (there, I gave my age away - big deal, its in the profile anyway).
Scott Pilgrim vs the World is a wise-ass movie by a wise-ass director and co-writer(Edgar Wright) that I would have heralded as sheer brilliance and worshipfully praised, in much the same manner that the graphic novel base (by Brian O' Malley) is being venerated.
But instead, its just another mildly enjoyable graphic novel adaptation made annoying by a never-ending ending (not to mention that gay kissing scene). Michael Cera and Mary Elizabeth Winstead prove up to the lead role demands, but its Ellen Wong as the spurned Knives Chau that steals the show - despite a winning turn by Jason Scwartzman as the final of the 7 evil ex-boyfriends that the lead character has to defeat in order to get the girl of his dreams.
Wright throws everything at the viewer, visually and sonically, but the proverbial kitchen sink (did I see a sink get smashed somewhere?) but its likely that you will have made up your mind one way or the other long before the final credits eventually roll.
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